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Re: Same old Orioles of 15 losing years

As disgusted as I was with the missed catch by Jones, he does generally blow a bubble when catching the ball. I don't think that made any difference with the catch. Also, Jones has impressive range in center field and that ball was only an easy play because of his great jump towards the ball and his speed.

I don't know why Jones has had two errors (only one charged, the one he lost in the sun on Sunday was an error in my opinion) on two out plays that have led to 5 runs, but as you said it's a long season and I'll chalk them up to early season anomalies.

I still think this team should win 83-87 games this year, and maybe sneak into the playoffs.

Re: Same old Orioles of 15 losing years

Not at the time thread was posted and you must have missed the tripple play, the main point of this thread and Jones continued f*ck ups allowing 3 base runners to score easily, but I gotta give it to the homers.

Re: Same old Orioles of 15 losing years

These guys are saying the same as me. We should have won the two games that Jones blew with errors and the one that Chris Davis blew mentioned in the OP. We should be 9-3. We're lucky where we are because we opened vs the lowly Rays.

And this:

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We can't hold onto leads and we can't get our starters to go into the late innings.
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This has been an Orioles issue for the last decade. Our pitchers tend to throw way too many pitches against the opposition while our guys swing at everything, keeping the opposing pitcher fresh and he's able to go deep into ball games. Seeing Kuroda go til the end was just painful.
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Re: Same old Orioles of 15 losing years

The Orioles, thus far, are summed up in one word - lethargic. Well, maybe the exciting win over the Rays on 4/18 will get them going. But the performance in NY was pretty bad. It was their first series loss in Yankee Stadium in two years. My biggest gripe is with Showalter's managing. Between games he seems to make all of the right moves. But during games, he doesn't make enough. He sat on his butt and watched his team struggle to get a man to second base (when the 4/14 NY game was 0-0 in the 5th inning). Just like in the playoffs last October, when both teams are not hitting/scoring, he refuses to sacrifice bunt or steal against New York when the situation demands it. I honestly believe he personally lost BOTH series (postseason and last weekend).

Although Walsh's system of offense can compensate for lack of talent; however, defense is a different story. According to Walsh, talent on defense was essential and could not be compensated for. What did Walsh do in 1981? He acquired physical and talented players on defense.